I was thinking of starting up a weekly series here, of thoughtful topics we could discuss, in a safe environment. We could get a little risqué sometimes, or keep it clean other times. I love hearing from you in the comments, getting your feedback, opinions and hear about similarities or even differences among us all. What'd ya think?
Today I wanted to talk about laundry (keepin' it clean for this first post; clean...get it?).
When you purchase a new piece of clothing, do you wash it before you wear it?
I never washed my clothes before wearing them (except undies), despite being a bit of a germophobe but I like leaving the tags on until I go to wear it for the first time. A few years ago though, I started to wash everything before wearing it, but am now back at wearing before washing usually.
The other day however, I got home from shopping and had a ton of laundry to do, so after slight hesitation, I removed all the tags to my new Zara clothes and washed 'em up. Unfortunately, one of the tops shrunk so bad (it didn't even touch the dryer) it doesn't fit. I am so disappointed, I didn't even get to wear it once. And so, the dilemma of washing before wearing.
So, do you wash before wearing?
* The photos are from my Instagram and I often wonder if I should post them here or not because I don't want things to become too repeatitive for you guys... but then I figure not everyone has Instagram so I should share some here too. Thoughts on that?
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Love this little guy and although I tend to decorate with silvery mettalic tones, I could easily find a home for him in my place.
Psssst, there are also other animals to choose from. Cute!
Last night, after a visit with a good friend, I decided to edit a vlog I recently filmed. Since my laptop takes about six years to boot up, I thought I'd do some 'tidying' of my closet while it was loading. Well, I didn't end up editing my video, but I sure did edit my closet!
I'm terrible at taking before photos, so you don't ge to see the mess that was that top shelf prior to last night (plus it was embarassing!), but I wanted to share with you how it looks now (and how it looked bare).
If you want, you can see some of the in-progress pictures which include the pile of clothes I'm getting rid of, all of my sweaters and jeans on the floor and the mess that was my bed (which is pretty embarassing but hey, it has to get messy before it can get better, right? Right).
Additionally, if you're interested in a pair of True Religion 'Sammy's', I'm selling mine (size 29).
Before (ish)
After
I have three holes in the left ear (and two in the right) but haven't worn multiples in a while... so long that I had to kind of re-pierce my third hole on Friday night (eep!).
Earrings from my Wardrobe Classics video.
Friday night dinner.
Saturday lunch date.
Lunch trio: 1/2 turkey club, side caesar & beef soup.
We got a ton of snow this weekend after having dry and milder temps earlier in the week.
Outfit deets: Club Monaco scarf, TNA jacket, Jacob jeans, Spring boots & Aldo purse.
Basically, I saw a billboard advertisement and had to get one.
Saturday night take-out: Greek on Wheels!
Sunday morning: a crazy snow storm (more snow, ugh!).
Sunday morning breakfast.
Did some grocery shopping after breakfast and found the biggest red peppers ever.
Later on, I hit the mall to make a return at Forever 21. Found these booties (only one pair left in my size), deeply discounted but decided to pass.
Also passed on these pretty blush-coloured glitter booties (even though they would have been $10).
Shopping outfit.
Outfit deets: DIY sweatshirt, Almost Famous jeans & Spring boots (rolled down).
What I did pick up: new studs for all the holes in my ears.
I almost bought this ombre-chiffon-maxi skirt (in the pink/purple) but decided not to...
...and it worked out because I decided to pop into Zara and they are having their semi-annual sale (woot!) and I scored a ton of stuff (haul video coming soon).
Two of my Zara scores: blush pink top & army green utilitarian-style pants.
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